Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay;John Haypage 1 of 416 (00%)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A HISTORYBY JOHN G. NICOLAY AND JOHN HAY

VOLUME ONE

TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT TODD LINCOLN

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED IN TOKEN OF A LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM

AUTHORS' PREFACE

A generation born since Abraham Lincoln died has already reachedmanhood and womanhood. Yet there are millions still living whosympathized with him in his noble aspirations, who labored with him inhis toilsome life, and whose hearts were saddened by his tragic death.It is the almost unbroken testimony of his contemporaries that byvirtue of certain high traits of character, in certain momentous linesof purpose and achievement, he was incomparably the greatest man ofhis time. The deliberate judgment of those who knew him has hardenedinto tradition; for although but twenty-five years have passed since